Improvement in adjustable coat-patterns



GEORGIE SWEEZY, OF RIVERHED, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 109,076., dated November 8; 1870.

lMPROVEMENT lIN ADJUSTABLE COAT-PATTERNS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent: and making part of thesanne.

To all whom it may concern 'Bc it known that Il, Gnonon I.,Swenzv, ot'Riverhead, in the county ot' Suffolk and State of New York, haveinvented a new and, useful Improvement in Adjustable Goat-Patterns; andI do hereby declare that the lollowing a full, clear, and exactdescriptionthereof, which-will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accoml'ianying drawingforming part of this specification, in which- Figure l'is a backthree-quarter view of my improved adjustable pattern as attached to ahuman ligure.

Figure 2 is a detail view of the back -parts of the pattern. Y

Figure 3 is a detail view of one ot the ti'ontlparts of the pattern.

Figure 4 is a detail view ol'a the right-bami lower corner ot' the partshown' in hg. 3, part 'being broken away to show the construct-lon.

Figure 5 .is a. 'detail sectional view of one ot' the clamps or catches.4

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts. v

I will nowdescribe my invention in connection with all that isnecessaryto afull understanding thereof', and then clearly point it out in theclaims.

My invention has for its object to furnish a coatpattern which may beplaced upon and adjusted to the form ot' each customer, so that anysized coat may be cut, and cutvtolit perfectly, with scarcely thepossibility' of mistake; and

It consists in the. pattern made iu pieces adjusted to slide upon eachother to adjust the pattern to lit the person, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

The patternis made in three main parts, two front-s and a back, buttoncdto each other upon the sides and shoulders, as shown in iig. 1, andindicated by the buttons a-nd button-holes in rigs. 2 and 3.

Each front part is made in live pieces, A B C D E.

'I hc piece A is pivoted to thc piece B at the upper edge ot' saidparts, and the forward edge of the piece A nnderlaps the. rear edge ofthe piece B or enters a pocket in said piece D, as indicated by dottedlines in lig. 3.

.lhe lpwer edge ol' the picco B nnderlaps the upper edge ofthe piece Cor enters a'poeket in said piece G,

as shown in dotted lines in iig. 3.

.ln the saine way the forward edge et' the piece l) underlaps the rearedge ol' the piece (l, as shown in lig.... t

F are `t-he elan'ips b v which the overlapped pieces of the pattern aresecured in place. The clamp F con sists o1' two plates,a stem, and a camor eccentriclever. The lower end ofthe stem is secured to the lower oneof the plates,` passes through the upper I plate, and to its upperendvis pivoted the cam or eccentric. The upper plate, or both the plates`when thc overlapping piece is made with a pocket, is or are secured tothe said overlapping piece. The underlapping piece is made with a slitor slot through which the stem of the clamp passes, so that, byoperating the eccentric 'of the clamp, the overlapping pieces whenadjusted lnay be securely clamped t0 each other.

rIhe adjacent edges of the pieces D E meet, andare provided with slottedslides, G, as shown in Iig. 4, so that the piece E may have a verticaladj ustment, one or the other of said slides being provided .with a clamp, F, to secure the said pieces D E in place when adjusted.

The twov front parts are made exactly alike except that one at itsforward edge has connected with it a strap, 1I, provided with a clamp,F, which strap is slotted, and has a buttolrhole in its forward end tobutton upon a button attached to the tbrward edge ot' the otherfrontpart, to draw the pattern to its place upon the person.

The back part ofthe pattern is made in four pieces, I J KL, the adjacentedges of which overlap each other, are slotted, and are provided withclamps F, to secure them in place when adjusted.

rIIxe overlapping pieces ot' the pattern are all provided with numberedscales, M, in the places where the measurements are usually taken, s0that a record of the adjustment of the pattern, or rather ot' themeasure of the customer, may bc conveniently made,

`it' desired.

Io the inner edges of each underlapping piece oi" the pattern areattached one or more cords,"N, which pass out through holes in theoverlapping piece, and may have buttons or knobsattaehed t'o their outerends, for convenience in drawing the said pieces t0- gether whenrequired.

Having thus described my invention,

I clain'i as new and desire to secure by Letters Pateutl. The frontpatterns, composed of pieces A B C D ll, connected by clamping slides,and provided with graduations, as shown and described.

The back patterns l J K L, connected by clamping slides, and providedwith graduations, as described.

3. The. two ti'ont and back patterns, combiuedwith clamps F and slottedslides G, when all are constructed and applied as described, to form anadjustable coat pattern.

The above specileation of my invention signed by me this 24th day ofAugust, 1870.

Witnesses: GEORGE 1. SWEEZY.

GEO. W. Maen, JAMES T. GRAHAM.

